Who’s Who in the New 52: Week Two

Today marks the release of the second week of DC Comics’ #0 issues. Each of these special issues is filled with everything from secrets to revelations to origin stories. These will both explain what happened before the launch of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 last summer, as well as plant seeds for future story arcs!

 

If you’ve already picked up your #0 issues today, you’ve probably noticed that in the back of each book (and now online!) is a Who’s Who entry on a major character in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52. These pages share information such as each character’s first appearance, base of operations, powers, history, and other appearances. Below, check out the list of which character is being spotlighted on each of this week’s releases and be sure to click on their names to read up on who they are!

 

BATGIRL #0 – Batgirl

BATMAN #0 – Batman

BATMAN AND ROBIN #0 – Damian Wayne

DEATHSTROKE #0 – Deathstroke

DEMON KNIGHTS #0 – Demon Knights

FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. #0 – Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #0 – Green Lantern Corps

GRIFTER #0 – Grifter

LEGION LOST #0 – Legion Lost

THE RAVAGERS #0 – The Ravagers

RESURRECTION MAN #0 – Resurrection Man

SUICIDE SQUAD #0 – Suicide Squad

SUPERBOY #0 – Superboy

TEAM 7 #0 - Team 7

Tuesday Roundup: September 11th

Zero month is all about going back to the beginning for DC COMICS – THE NEW 52. However, while most of them will be returning to the present day next month, there’s one brand new monthly title that will stay in the past. Team 7 is one of the latest titles to join DC Comics – The New 52, and while it has strong links to current titles like Justice League, Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, Grifter and Deathstroke, it’s set five years in the past when super-powered heroes like Superman were first arriving on the scene. So what does that mean? Well, other than a double-dose of characters like Deathstroke, Black Canary and Amanda Waller every month, it means you’re going to see much of what shaped some of the characters now shaping the world of DC Comics – The New 52, all wrapped up in a suspenseful, high-action tale from one of the hottest up and coming writers in comics.

 

Be sure to check out author Justin Jordan’s interview in USA Today below, along with previews of all of this week’s new comics, including BATMAN #0, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #0 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN #3!

 

Here’s what hit the web this past week…

 

USA TODAY ran an exclusive preview of TEAM 7 #0 and interviewed Justin Jordan.

 

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ran an exclusive preview of BATMAN #0.

 

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES’ HERO COMPLEX ran an exclusive preview of BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN #3.

 

MTV GEEK ran an exclusive preview of BATGIRL #0.

 

IGN ran an exclusive preview of GREEN LANTERN CORPS #0.

 

GAWKER’s IO9 ran an exclusive preview of SUICIDE SQUAD #0.

 

POPMATTERS ran an exclusive preview of SUPERBOY #0.

 

SCIENCEFICTION.COM ran an exclusive preview of DEATHSTROKE #0.

 

COMIC BOOK RESOURCES ran an exclusive preview of BATMAN AND ROBIN #0.

 

NEWSARAMA ran an exclusive preview of DEMON KNIGHTS #0.

 

COMICVINE ran an exclusive preview of LEGION LOST #0.

 

IFANBOY ran an exclusive preview of RESURRECTION MAN #0.

 

COMICBOOK.COM ran an exclusive preview of GRIFTER #0.

 

The DC Comics website ran an exclusive preview of FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. #0.

 

DC Comics’ Twitter page ran an exclusive preview of THE RAVAGERS #0 here, here, here, here and here.

Exclusive First Look at the Covers for the Second Week of ZERO MONTH!

Timed to the one year anniversary of the launch of the historic DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 initiative, DC Comics has introduced 0 month.

 

Below, take an exclusive first look at the final covers for all of the 0 month issues hitting stores on September 12th!

 

BATGIRL #0!

 

 

BATMAN #0!

 

 

BATMAN AND ROBIN #0!

 

 

DEATHSTROKE #0!

 

 

DEMON KNIGHTS #0!

 

 

FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. #0!

 

 

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #0!

 

 

GRIFTER #0!

 

 

LEGION LOST #0!

 

 

THE RAVAGERS #0!

 

 

RESURRECTION MAN #0!

 

 

SUICIDE SQUAD #0!

 

 

SUPERBOY #0!

 

 

TEAM 7 #0!

 

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ALL-STAR WESTERN #14

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT

Backup story art by PHIL WINSLADE

Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI

On sale NOVEMBER 28 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• The Black Diamond continues its journey through DC’s history as it shows up in 19th century Gotham.

• Someone has stolen the Black Diamond that Doctor Jekyll uses to create his infamous potion, and he’s hired Jonah Hex to track it down!

• While Hex follows the trail of Gothamites under the influence of a bootleg copy of the potion, Amadeus Arkham must face the mad doctor on his own.

 

GRIFTER #14

Plotted by ROB LIEFELD

Written by ROB LIEFELD and FRANK TIERI

Art by SCOTT CLARK and DAVE BEATTY

Cover by ROB LIEFELD

On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• Midnight in Paris! Grifter vs. Midnighter in the city where Cole was forced to kill his brother!

• Guest-starring Voodoo!

 

DEATHSTROKE #14

Written by ROB LIEFELD

Art and cover by ROB LIEFELD

On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• Crossover with “HAWKMAN: WANTED!”

• Hawkman is a wanted fugitive with a bounty on his head — and Deathstroke aims to collect!

• Find out what the mysterious connection is between Deathstroke and Hawkman’s Nth Metal armor!

 

TEAM 7 #2

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by JESUS MERINO

Cover by DOUG MAHNKE

1:25 Variant cover by BRETT BOOTH

On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• The secret history of The New 52 is told here – with bullets!

• Set five years in the past, Team 7 races into the heart of darkness to stop the evil that the Black Diamond will unleash!

 

G.I. COMBAT #6

Written by PETER J. TOMASI

Backup story written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by HOWARD CHAYKIN

Backup story art by STAZ JOHNSON

Cover by ALBERTO PONTICELLI and WAYNE FAUCHER

On sale NOVEMBER 7 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• Jeb Stuart and the Haunted Tank rescue his grandson, Scott Stuart, and fellow prisoners of war.

• And in the backup story, The Unknown Soldier gears up to take out a group of revolutionary domestic terrorists — and he’ll need all the backup he can get against this group of tech-savvy civilians!

 

SUICIDE SQUAD #14

Written by ADAM GLASS

Art by FERNANDO DAGNINO

Cover by KEN LASHLEY

On sale NOVEMBER 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• A “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” tie-in!

• A funeral for a friend is interrupted by Harley’s past!

• Amanda Waller has found the Squad’s traitor — but has she lost the war with Basilisk?

 

STORMWATCH #14

Written by PETER MILLIGAN

Art and cover by WILL CONRAD

On sale NOVEMBER 7 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• Will Stormwatch’s battle with Etrigan the Demon expose them to the public?

• Will rival Harry Tanner’s plan to infiltrate the Shadow Lords lead to the team’s destruction?

• Plus, a former member returns!

 

Click here to see a gallery of covers for the above titles.

 

(The cover for GRIFTER #14 by Rob Liefeld)

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TEAM 7 #1

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by JESUS MERINO

Cover by DOUG MAHNKE

1:25 Variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

On sale OCTOBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• Learn how the secret wars of the New 52 were fought by TEAM 7!

• Early adventures of Deathstroke, Black Canary, Grifter, Amanda Waller, Steve Trevor and others!

• This issue: Battlefield Gamorra!

 

ALL-STAR WESTERN #13

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT

Backup story art by PHIL WINSLADE

Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI

On sale OCTOBER 24 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• Haly’s Circus is in town! And so is murder!

• Plus, in the backup story: The origin of the all-new Tomahawk!

 

G.I. COMBAT #5

Written by PETER J. TOMASI

Backup story written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by HOWARD CHAYKIN

Backup story art by STAZ JOHNSON

Cover by ALBERTO PONTICELLI and WAYNE FAUCHER

On sale OCTOBER 3 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• Jeb Stuart breaks the Haunted Tank out of ARGUS’s Black Room!

• Plus: The Unknown Soldier in a race against time to defeat American terrorists on American soil!

 

GRIFTER #13

Plotted by ROB LIEFELD

Scripted by ROB LIEFELD and FRANK TIERI

Art by SCOTT CLARK and DAVE BEATY

Cover by ROB LIEFELD

On sale OCTOBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• Grifter and Voodoo seek a super weapon in the fight against Helspont, but it turns out to be much more than they bargained for!

• The war against the Daemonites on Earth is heating up – and casualties are coming!

 

DEATHSTROKE #13

Written by ROB LIEFELD

Art and cover by ROB LIEFELD

On sale OCTOBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• Deathstroke and Zealot learn the terrible fate of the planet Kheran and brace for the long-lasting repercussions it will have on the DC Universe.

 

SUICIDE SQUAD #13

Written by ADAM GLASS

Art by CLIFF RICHARDS

Cover by KEN LASHLEY

On sale OCTOBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• Behold, Regulus!

• The traitor among the team revealed!

• Basilisk fights the Squad on two fronts – and one is Amanda Waller’s own home!

 

STORMWATCH #13

Written by PETER MILLIGAN

Art by WILL CONRAD

Cover by GUILLEM MARCH

On sale OCTOBER 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• Midnighter and Apollo go AWOL from Stormwatch!

• The debut of The Demon in the modernday New 52! Will he be the team’s most unpredictable new member?

• What is the centuries-spanning connection between STORMWATCH and DEMON KNIGHTS?

 

Click here to see a gallery of the covers for the above titles.

 

(The cover for TEAM 7 #1 by Doug Mahnke)

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TEAM 7 #0

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art and cover by JESUS MERINO

On sale SEPTEMBER 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• Threads of the entire DC Universe collide in this new series set in the early days of The New 52 from writer Justin Jordan (The Strange Talents of Luther Strode).

• As Superman emerges, so too does the world’s counter measures against him and his kind!

• Dinah Lance, Amanda Waller, Steve Trevor, John Lynch, Alex Fairchild, Cole Cash, Slade Wilson are Team 7 – and their story will change everything you know about The New 52!

 

STORMWATCH #0

Written by PETER MILLIGAN

Art by IGNACIO CALERO and SEAN PARSONS

Cover by TYLER KIRKHAM and BATT

On sale SEPTEMBER 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• The history of Stormwatch’s activities in The New 52 are revealed!

• A new villain arrives, and the safety of the team has never been more in doubt!

 

G.I. COMBAT #0

Written by JUSTIN GRAY, JIMMY PALMIOTTI and J.T. KRUL

Art by STAZ JOHNSON and ARIEL OLIVETTI

Cover by VIKTOR KALVACHEV

On sale SEPTEMBER 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• What exactly was the Unknown Soldier before the experiments that changed him forever?

• The War that Time Forgot claims another casualty in the strangest origin story of them all!

 

SUICIDE SQUAD #0

Written by ADAM GLASS

Art by FERNANDO DAGNINO

Cover by KEN LASHLEY

On sale SEPTEMBER 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• What happened to Amanda Waller after the shocking destruction of Team 7? And how did it lead to the creation of the Suicide Squad?

 

VOODOO #0

Written by JOSH WILLIAMSON

Art by SAMI BASRI

Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA

On sale SEPTEMBER 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ • FINAL ISSUE

• The truth about Pris is revealed at last as she sets off on a mission for vengeance that can only end in genocide!

 

ALL-STAR WESTERN #0

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT

Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI

On sale SEPTEMBER 26 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• How did Hex get his scar?

• Jonah Hex’s early life is accounted for...and it’s plenty ugly!

 

Click here to see a gallery of promotional artwork for the above THE EDGE group titles and stay tuned to THE SOURCE for final cover reveals.

 

(Promo art for TEAM 7 #0)

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